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FWIW, might was written with San Francisco in mind, and team was written specifically for Scully. And no, New York has nothing to do with it. The team across town is in no danger of receiving the accolade from me.

Very few people hear baseball broadcasts from other than the towns where they live so NY, LA and Chicago broadcasters get undue praise just from their population advantage.

I have no idea how the team from Colorado or Pittsburgh or KC or Seattle or YourTown sound. Seems like most fans worship their own town guys (Scully, the late Harry Caray, Hernandez) or hate them (Kay, Harrelson). Jon Miller has worked in different markets and has done national TV so he is sort of an exception that proves the rule.

There is also a bias if the ex-jock played for the team he now talks for (Kuiper, Krukow, Darling, Hernandez,Monday, Remy). In many cases, he gets a free pass to be boring, nasally or long-winded if he tells insider stories of Mickey in Spring Training or Sandy as a rookie, etc. If he talks about things like the Oriole Way, or Veteran Leadership or a Teammate he would go to war with, well, his talent is obvious.